Doc/lib.tex

   1 \documentstyle[twoside,11pt,myformat]{report}
   2
   3 % NOTE: this file controls which chapters/sections of the library
   4 % manual are actually printed.  It is easy to customize your manual
   5 % by commenting out sections that you're not interested in.
   6
   7 \title{Python Library Reference}
   8
   9 \input{boilerplate}
  10
  11 \makeindex                      % tell \index to actually write the .idx file
  12
  13
  14 \begin{document}
  15
  16 \pagenumbering{roman}
  17
  18 \maketitle
  19
  20 \input{copyright}
  21
  22 \begin{abstract}
  23
  24 \noindent
  25 Python is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented programming
  26 language.  It supports a wide range of applications, from simple text
  27 processing scripts to interactive WWW browsers.
  28
  29 While the {\em Python Reference Manual} describes the exact syntax and
  30 semantics of the language, it does not describe the standard library
  31 that is distributed with the language, and which greatly enhances its
  32 immediate usability.  This library contains built-in modules (written
  33 in C) that provide access to system functionality such as file I/O
  34 that would otherwise be inaccessible to Python programmers, as well as
  35 modules written in Python that provide standardized solutions for many
  36 problems that occur in everyday programming.  Some of these modules
  37 are explicitly designed to encourage and enhance the portability of
  38 Python programs.
  39
  40 This library reference manual documents Python's standard library, as
  41 well as many optional library modules (which may or may not be
  42 available, depending on whether the underlying platform supports them
  43 and on the configuration choices made at compile time).  It also
  44 documents the standard types of the language and its built-in
  45 functions and exceptions, many of which are not or incompletely
  46 documented in the Reference Manual.
  47
  48 This manual assumes basic knowledge about the Python language.  For an
  49 informal introduction to Python, see the {\em Python Tutorial}; the
  50 Python Reference Manual remains the highest authority on syntactic and
  51 semantic questions.  Finally, the manual entitled {\em Extending and
  52 Embedding the Python Interpreter} describes how to add new extensions
  53 to Python and how to embed it in other applications.
  54
  55 \end{abstract}
  56
  57 \pagebreak
  58
  59 {
  60 \parskip = 0mm
  61 \tableofcontents
  62 }
  63
  64 \pagebreak
  65
  66 \pagenumbering{arabic}
  67
  68                                 % Chapter title:
  69
  70 \input{libintro}                % Introduction
  71
  72 \input{libobjs}                 % Built-in Types, Exceptions and Functions
  73 \input{libtypes}
  74 \input{libexcs}
  75 \input{libfuncs}
  76
  77 \input{libpython}               % Python Services
  78 \input{libsys}
  79 \input{libtypes2}               % types is already taken :-(
  80 \input{libtraceback}
  81 \input{libpickle}
  82 \input{libshelve}
  83 \input{libcopy}
  84 \input{libmarshal}
  85 \input{libimp}
  86 \input{libparser}
  87 \input{libbltin}                % really __builtin__
  88 \input{libmain}                 % really __main__
  89
  90 \input{libstrings}              % String Services
  91 \input{libstring}
  92 \input{libregex}
  93 \input{libregsub}
  94 \input{libstruct}
  95
  96 \input{libmisc}                 % Miscellaneous Services
  97 \input{libmath}
  98 \input{librand}
  99 \input{libwhrandom}
 100 \input{libarray}
 101
 102 \input{liballos}                % Generic Operating System Services
 103 \input{libos}
 104 \input{libtime}
 105 \input{libgetopt}
 106 \input{libtempfile}
 107
 108 \input{libsomeos}               % Optional Operating System Services
 109 \input{libsignal}
 110 \input{libsocket}
 111 \input{libselect}
 112 \input{libthread}
 113
 114 \input{libunix}                 % UNIX Specific Services
 115 \input{libposix}
 116 \input{libppath}                % == posixpath
 117 \input{libpwd}
 118 \input{libgrp}
 119 \input{libdbm}
 120 \input{libgdbm}
 121 \input{libtermios}
 122 \input{libfcntl}
 123 \input{libposixfile}
 124 \input{libsyslog}
 125
 126 \input{libpdb}                  % The Python Debugger
 127
 128 \input{libprofile}              % The Python Profiler
 129
 130 \input{libwww}                  % Internet and WWW Services
 131 \input{libcgi}
 132 \input{liburllib}
 133 \input{libhttplib}
 134 \input{libftplib}
 135 \input{libgopherlib}
 136 \input{libnntplib}
 137 \input{liburlparse}
 138 \input{libhtmllib}
 139 \input{libsgmllib}
 140 \input{librfc822}
 141 \input{libmimetools}
 142 \input{libbinascii}
 143
 144 \input{libmm}                   % Multimedia Services
 145 \input{libaudioop}
 146 \input{libimageop}
 147 \input{libaifc}
 148 \input{libjpeg}
 149 \input{librgbimg}
 150
 151 \input{libcrypto}               % Cryptographic Services
 152 \input{libmd5}
 153 \input{libmpz}
 154 \input{librotor}
 155
 156 %\input{libamoeba}              % AMOEBA ONLY
 157
 158 \input{libmac}                  % MACINTOSH ONLY
 159 \input{libctb}
 160 \input{libmacconsole}
 161 \input{libmacdnr}
 162 \input{libmacfs}
 163 \input{libmacos}
 164 \input{libmacostools}
 165 \input{libmactcp}
 166 \input{libmacspeech}
 167 \input{libmacui}
 168
 169 \input{libstdwin}               % STDWIN ONLY
 170
 171 \input{libsgi}                  % SGI IRIX ONLY
 172 \input{libal}
 173 %\input{libaudio}
 174 \input{libcd}
 175 \input{libfl}
 176 \input{libfm}
 177 \input{libgl}
 178 \input{libimgfile}
 179 %\input{libpanel}
 180
 181 \input{libsun}                  % SUNOS ONLY
 182
 183 \input{lib.ind}                 % Index
 184
 185 \end{document}